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Issue Details: First known date: 1928... no. 341 December 1928 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'His Christmas Pipe', photograph of Aboriginal man from The Weekly Times Annual, 1928, [161].
    • Poetry: 'Mary, Queen of Scots' by Scottish author Henry Glassford Bell (1803-1874), quoted in Nelson's Sixth Royal Reader, with illustrations: 'Mary Stuart (1542-1587)', and 'Ancient Holyrood', 168-171.
    • Prose: 'A Brave Woman: Mrs. Kennedy' (unattributed account of the rescue of a child from the railway track) 163; 'Cricket and Character', "written for The School Paper by A. P. F. Chapman, Captain of the English Eleven", with portrait of the author from the Herald, 165-166; 'Letter to a Schoolboy' by English essayist William Hazlitt (1778-1830) 166-168; 'The Peace Pact', extract from the Kellogg Pact, with illustrated inset 'Our World' by Alfred Tennyson, 171-172; 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners : December', (unattributed gardening instructions) 174.
    • Drama: 'The Christmas Dinner', dramatised from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, with illustrations: 'Dickens in 1837' from the portrait by Samuel Lawrence, and 'Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim' drawn by Fred Barnard, 173.
    • Aphorism: 'Home' by Ruskin, 174.
    • Industry: 'Made in Australia: Christmas Presents', prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated, i-iv.
    • Safety Information: 'Safety First: School Bulletin No. 208', unpaginated insert prepared by the Victorian Railways Department and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated; 'Beware of Starting a Bush Fire' (unattributed) with illustration of fire from the Forest Commission, 174.
    • Contents: 'Contents : Grades VII and VIII (1928)', index of work titles and author names, 175-176.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1928 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Columbus of Australia, K. R. Cramp , extract prose (p. 138-140)
Decemberi"The month whose face is holiness! She brings", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 162)
Note: Illustration: 'Wheat-Carting', from the Development and Migration Commission.
My Matei"Nay, lads, ha' done; ye would have done the same;", H. B. Higgins , single work poetry (p. 163-164)
Note: Epigraph: "Joseph Davis saved the life of his mate, John Allen, at Bendigo, in July, 1909. See account in the November number." Illustration: 'Deep, Deep Down (Miners at work underground)'.

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Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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